LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates have kidnapped 13 seafarers from a Liberian-flagged tanker 210 nautical miles off Bayelsa, according to multiple sources. Seven of the kidnapped crew members are Russians while six are Ukrainian nationals. The 11,322 dwt product tanker was boarded by eight armed pirates 210 nautical miles south west Bayelsa and 244 nautical miles…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua is dead. He allegedly died in Abuja on Monday night of cardiac arrest. He was 78 years old. Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua was a very strong ally of President mohammdau Buhari. He was believed to be a…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL), Capt. Hosa Wells Okunbo, has been accused of commissioning cultists in Edo State to commence attacks on innocent people across the state in order to create an atmosphere of fear in the state. Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy,…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Amuwo Odofin Local Government (AOLG) of Lagos State has shut down four markets in the area for non-compliance with guidelines to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four markets which were shut on Monday are Oyinlola and 23 Road markets in…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara state police command has arrested one person after a free for all among sellers and buyers of Indian hemp in Ilorin. Tribune Online gathered that the two groups of suspected miscreants had engaged in a public disturbance last Tuesday over a disagreement on the cannabis Sativa. However, the state police command,…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has explained that its acting managing director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, collapsed at the National Assembly because he ignored his doctors’ advice on his state of health. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Pondei has been ill for the past two weeks…
LAGO JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released guidelines to all heads of tertiary institutions for the 2020 admission exercise. The board also told all institutions to begin admission for candidates for first and second choices on August 21, 2020. In the document, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, and sent to all…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said the sacked former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is only disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his quest to become a godfather in the state. …
